Slider tube unit for a suspension fork

Abstract

A slider tube unit for a suspension fork of a bicycle, including two spaced-apart slider tubes and a wheel receiving space in-between, and at least one connector bracket connecting the two slider tubes above the wheel receiving space. The connector bracket includes a connector body which in its longitudinal extension from the one slider tube to the other slider tube is configured hollow wherein the connector body consists of an open basic profile and a reinforcing device closing the opening of the basic profile.

1. A slider tube unit for a suspension fork, of a bicycle, the slider tube unit comprising:
 two spaced-apart slider tubes defining a wheel receiving space in-between; 
 at least one connector bracket connecting the two slider tubes above the wheel receiving space, the connector bracket comprises a connector body configured substantially hollow in its longitudinal extension from the one slider tube to the other slider tube, and including at least one open basic profile and a reinforcing device closing the opening of the basic profile, wherein said slider tubes and said basic profile are integral. 
 
     
     
       2. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing device comprises a reinforcing profile. 
     
     
       3. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the slider tubes and the basic profile are made of a light metal. 
     
     
       4. The slider tube unit according to  claim 2 , wherein at least one of the reinforcing device and the reinforcing profile are made of a light metal. 
     
     
       5. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the basic profile comprises a U-shaped cross-section. 
     
     
       6. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing profile comprises a substantially flat or T-shaped cross-section. 
     
     
       7. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the connector bracket is provided at a front face. 
     
     
       8. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the connector bracket is provided at a rear face. 
     
     
       9. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein one connector bracket is provided at a front face and one connector bracket, at a rear face. 
     
     
       10. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the basic profile is forwardly open. 
     
     
       11. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the basic profile is upwardly or downwardly open. 
     
     
       12. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the basic profile and the reinforcing profile are configured symmetrical and each is attached to one of the slider tubes. 
     
     
       13. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein several reinforcing profiles are provided. 
     
     
       14. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the basic profile and the reinforcing profile are screwed to one another. 
     
     
       15. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the basic profile and the reinforcing profile are glue-fixed to one another. 
     
     
       16. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the basic profile is enveloped in fiber-reinforced layers. 
     
     
       17. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing profile consists of a fibrous composite material. 
     
     
       18. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the slider tubes are provided for a sliding contact with stanchion tubes of the suspension fork. 
     
     
       19. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein lower ends of the slider tubes are each provided with one dropout. 
     
     
       20. The slider tube unit according to  claim 1 , wherein lower ends of the slider tubes are each provided with a receiving device for a wheel.